[llvm-dev] [RFC] Increase minimum supported GCC version for building LLVM to 4.8

[Pete Cooper via llvm-dev]

+1 from me.

But which version of 4.8.x?  4.8.0 was released in March 2013 while 4.8.5 is June 2015 (see https://gcc.gnu.org/releases.html <https://gcc.gnu.org/releases.html>)

Thats an awfully long time between those dates, so i can’t imagine everyone being on 4.8.5, but shouldn’t we aim for the highest possible one if we’re bumping versions anyway?

Looking at Ubuntu 14.04 LTS (http://packages.ubuntu.com/search?keywords=gcc-4.8 <http://packages.ubuntu.com/search?keywords=gcc-4.8>), appears that 4.8.4 is available for many platforms, so if possible that might be a good version to do.

Cheers,
Pete
> On Oct 12, 2016, at 4:28 PM, Joerg Sonnenberger via llvm-dev <llvm-dev at lists.llvm.org> wrote:
> 
> On Wed, Oct 12, 2016 at 03:51:07PM -0700, Teresa Johnson via llvm-dev wrote:
>> According to the documentation at
>> http://llvm.org/docs/GettingStarted.html#software, compiling LLVM with GCC
>> requires at least version 4.7.0. However, there are apparently several
>> problems building current LLVM/Clang with gcc 4.7.X. This proposal is to
>> increase the minimum required GCC to 4.8.
> 
> Fine with me.
> 
> Joerg
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